Novelty container



March 24, 1925. 1,530,908

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed April 8, 1922. Serial in. 550,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J 011N Nnrrnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgewood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Novelty Gen- Y tainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novelty container, and an object of the invention is to provide a container which resembles a book in outward appearance but which may be used for a bank or for other similar pur-- controlled lock mechanism comprise in the A further object is to provide for simple and substantial construction of all of the parts so that they. may be produced and assembled at small expense.

Other objects and aims of'the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following escription of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention, and the .scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification,

and in which I have shown merely a pre ferred form of embodiment. of the invention:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container constructed in accordance with this invention, the opposite cover parts thereof being shown in open position.

Figure 2 is 0. Ian view of the container,

bein shown part y in central section for the disc osure of details,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view, partly in elevation,

Figure 4 is a di ammatic view illustrating the constructlon and operation of the lock mechanism employed, and

F gure 5 is a. fragmentary detail view illustrating an interlocking arrangement of parts at the hinge points.

' Referring to the drawing for describin in detail the structure which is illustrate therein, the reference character L indicates the body, while the reference characters G and H indicate respectively the' two cover parts which are hinged to the body and which, when in closed stion, fit against the open sides, being esigned preferably so as to give the exterior appearance of a book.

The body L consists of a strip of sheet metal bent into U shape providing the two legs 1 and 2, and the connecting portion 3. the legs 1 and 2 are adapted to constitute the end leaf-edge portion of the container while the connecting portion 3 is adapted to constitute the front leaf-edge portion of the container.

The ends of the legs 1 and 2 are formed with flanges 4 and 5 which are apertured to receive tangs 6 by which they are connected with a separately formed metallic back strip 7, said back strip thus serving to hold the legs 1 and 2 in proper relation to each other for forming a substantially rigid rectangular structure.

The parts 1, 2 and 3 may be formed with edge flanges 8, if desired, for strengthening and ornamental purposes.

A channelshaped strip 9 is carried at the inner side of the portion 3 of the body disposed to provide a chamber 10 for containing a suitable lock mechanism, indicated generally by the reference character 11. This lock mechanism ma take any appropriate form but prefera ly comprises two pairs of movable latch members 12 and 13 under the control of a single key, as 14, which is adapted to 'be inserted into a keyhole 15 formed thru the portion 3 for op erating said mechanism.

A suggested form of lock mechanism for filler 17 and stiffening plate 18 and are pasted to the inner surface of the stifien'ing plate. Thereafter the sealin plate is arranged to cover and conceal t e margins of board, or'

. the portions 20 and is held firmly in position also to produce the other so that thus a very by tangs 21 which are struck up from the stiffening plate and which extend thru mlating apertures formed in the p ate. 1 As has been before suggested, both of th covers are identical. The tools, dies, etc.,

employed for the production of one serves great'saving in cost is possible.

As a simple and inexpensive expedient for connecting thecovers with the body the. drawing herewith shows the filler 17 and the covering material 18 to extend continuous from one cover to theother across the outer surface of the back member 7 of'the bqdy so that portions, as 22, of these elements serve as connecting hinges for the covers. It is noted particularly in this connection that the inturned portions 20 of the;

covering material extend across the inner surface of the back member 7, as at 23, and between said innei surface and the oppos ing surfaces of the flanges 5, also that the tangs 6, which project from the member 7 for fastening the flanges 5 to said member 7, extend thru said portions 23.

The portions 23 are thus made to serve as covering for the extending ends of the back member 7, and the bond thus produced between the two covers and the body is made at once verycheap to manufacture, wholly pleasing in appearance, and thoroughly effident in use.

Each of the sealing plates 19 has marginal flanges '24 and 25 at opposite ends and a marginal flange 26 at one side. These flanges are disposed so that when the covers are closed said flanges fit closely within the open space defined by the flanges 8 of the body so as thus to provide a suitable seal against possible egress of coins, or other articles, thru the cracks between the body and the covers.

Portions of the flanges 26-of the sealin plates are provided to form latch lugs 2 which are disposed to cooperate with the latch members 12 and 13 of the lock mecha nism. Each of the lugs 27 is shaped to provide an undercut groove 28 into which the latch members engage when the covers are closed.

When the cover H is closed, the two latch in s carried thereby interengage with one pair of latch members, as 12, of the body.

When the cover G is closed the lugs 27 thereof interengage with the other pair, as 13 of the latch members of the body.

ltotation of the key. 14 within the keyhole 15 will simultaneously release both pairs of latch members 12 and 13 and permit openin of the two covers.

The ody may, if desired, be formed with a suitable money slot, as 29.

' It will be apparent that altho the hinge parts 22 described may serve their purpose.

like. To forestall this possibility it is proposed, as indicated in Fig. 5, that the sealing 'lates19 be formed with an out-standing ange part 30, disposed so that when the covers are being moved to closed position, said flange parts will engage behind upstanding flange parts 31 formed at the longitudinal edges of the back member 7.

A solid metallic connection is thus provided which will prevent possibility of opening the covers without releasing the lock mechanism heretofore described.

As many c'nanges'could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention as'defined in the fol-' lowing claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A novelty container comprising a bod part open at both sides and including a bac member, a pair of covers one at each side of the body, covering material for the covers extending from cover to cover across the outer surface of said back member and constituting hinge parts for connecting the covers with the body, said covering material having marginal portions turned inwardly at the inner sides of the covers and being b'ntinuous across the inner surface of said back member to thus reinforce the hinge connection between the covers and the body, and means whereby said covers may be held closed when desired. I

2. A novelty container comprising a bod part open at both sides and'including a bac member, a pair of covers one at each side of the body, covering material for the covers extending from cover to cover across the outer surface of said back member and constituting hinge parts. for connecting the covers with the body, said covering material having'marginal portions turned inwardly at the'ihner sides of the covers and beingicontinuous across the inner surface of said ack member to thus reinforce the hin connection between the covers and the bod yi The bod member having parts disposed to 1e bac member, said last mentioned portions of the covering material being interposed between the inner surface of said back member and said mentioned parts: of the body, and tangs extending thru the interposed portions of the covering material between said ara lel with the inner surface of said at each side of the body,

back member and the mentioned portions of the body for fastening the body to the back member and thereby interposed portions of the covering material against disconnection.

3. A novelty container comprising a body part open at both sides, a pair of covers one connecting said covers with the body, each cover comprising a stifiening plate at its inner side, covering material for said plate being folded inwardly about the margins of the plate, sealing plates one for each cover being arranged one at the inner surface of each stiflening plate disposed to overlap the inner edges of the covering material, means interengaging between the stiffening plates and the sealing plates to hold said sembled, and the sealing plates having latch parts comprised therein adapted to interengage with parts of the body for holding the covers closed.

' 4. A novelty container comprising a body part open at both sides and including a metallic backmember, a pair of covers one at each side of the body, fabric covering material forthe covers extending from cover to cover across said back member and constituting hinge parts for connecting the clamping said means pivotally parts aspart open at both-sides, a pair of covers one at each side of the body, each cover com-- prising an interior stiiien ng plate, an ex-' terior covering of fabric, and a filler the stifiening plates of the two covers being formed separate from each other and from the body, but the filler from one cover of the body and serving thereby to constitute hinges for connecting the covers with the body, together with releasable means to re tain the free edges of the covers closed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN NUTRY.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH SYGIEL,

ALBERT MIDONICK.

and the covering ma-- terial of the two covers being continuousto the other across a part 

